and later during the battle of coral – bal ##moral in may and june 1968 . at fire support bases coral and bal ##moral the australians had clashed with regular north vietnamese army and viet cong main force units operating in battalion and regimental strength for the first time in near conventional warfare , ultimately fighting their largest , most hazardous and most sustained battle of the war . during 26 days of fighting australian casualties included 25 killed and 99 wounded , while communist casualties included 267 killed confirmed by body count , 60 possibly killed , 7 wounded and 11 captured . other significant australian actions included bin ##h ba in june 1969 , hat di ##ch in late @ - @ december 1968 and early
and later during the battle of coral – balmoral in may and june 1968. at fire support bases coral and balmoral the australians had clashed with regular north vietnamese army and viet cong main force units operating in battalion and regimental strength for the first time in near conventional warfare, ultimately fighting their largest, most hazardous and most sustained battle of the war. during 26 days of fighting australian casualties included 25 killed and 99 wounded, while communist casualties included 267 killed confirmed by body count, 60 possibly killed, 7 wounded and 11 captured. other significant australian actions included binh ba in june 1969, hat dich in late @ - @ december 1968 and early